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New Member
United States
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OK, I just bid on 500 no date nickels off of ebay. I The price with shipping is about $95. I then bought a bottle of nic-a-date and about 20 plastic coin rolls. Total investment is about $120. Why am I doing this? Well, last night I won the $10 Midnight madness Poker tournament at Full Tilt Poker and that came to $3082.10. Now since I have a pathetically boring government job and don't do a whole lot on my days off anymore, I decided to start a new hobby. (Besides my 5-8 weekly poker tourneys) I can spend a lot of time restoring dates. To me the price is cheap enough and if there is no value to the coins I find, so be it. At least I'll have fun doing it. And at my age and health, anything fun to do is worthwhile. I'll let you know if I find any 1918 over 7's. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Posted - 06/27/2007 : 2:30:06 PM Just Carl, are you saying you would rather have a dateless buffalo as opposed to an acid treated 1918/17 D Buffalo nickel? My guess is that if one found an 1918/17 D Buffalo nickel by acid cleaning buffalo's, it would probably more than pay for the Nic-A-Date bottle and then some. Of course such a find would be worth it. Also, if you found a second Mona Lisa Painting in a garbage can, it would be worth cleaning. If you found a hundred pound lump of Gold in your back yard it would be worth digging up. If you found another Tomb like King Tuts it would be worth excavating. My guess is that the amount of money, time, effort and possible ruined clothing spent trying to find such rare coins could better be spent on a vacation. At coin shows I see such restored dated coins in junk boxes and for not a price worth the effort. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Biggest reason for the use of the acid date nickels is it is much less expensive to obtain more valuable coins. I for one, will never have a full set of buffaloes, walking liberties, mercury head dims, etc. Just too much expense and not the biggest priority compared to other things going on. That being said, I have seen 2 complete acid date sets of buffaloes that even included the great three legged and other key dates. obviously not as nice as the real thing, but surprising enough, seeing a complete set, with all the same was actually not all that bad! You just have to find some coin shows. You could almost complete sets of those for a decent price if not wanting high grades. Many, many Mercury dimes are in bargain boxes at coin shows for under $2 and many, many for far less. At one flea market I go to there is a coin dealer that sells Mercury dimes for $1 each and if you buy 10 or more the price drops. He cares less of what dates or grades, all prices are the same. I found two 42D/41 Mercury dimes a few weeks ago. Not bad for about $0.95 each. From him many coins such as 26S, 31D and once a 21. You just have to look. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
914 Posts |
Paland,
Make yourself a template to fit over the mound so that the nic-o-date doesn't spread to the entire coin. Try to only process the date part to keep as much of the coin as natural as possible.
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New Member
United States
34 Posts |
I sure will Vaslin. Any other advise would be appreciated since I am in uncharted waters here. (I guess the "don't wear good pants" advise would be good here too)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
914 Posts |
Ok, I'll bite.
Don't wear good pants.
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New Member
United States
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When I found my 18/17 it was pretty cool. When I found my NINTH 13-S T2 it was way, way cool. The I found an 1880 Shield. I bet few Nic-A-Daters found one this way. My question comes from experience. Many years ago I had a bottle of Silver Date Back and restored a few Barber dimes and some SLQs. I cannot remember the ingredients and have been looking in vain for it for quite some time. Remember, there are vrieties and diagnostics on certain coins that would preclude one from using acid. The 37-D Three Leg and the 1916 Standing Liberty quarter to name two. Dateless P-mint Buffs should be scoured for the 1916/16 by looking at the feathers for doubling an then taking it to a reputable dealer. I found one that had Machine Doubling - broke my heart. Anyway, what are some more acids that would etch into the silver coins without melting the sink? Or my hand? |
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Valued Member
United States
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Well you wont see me bidding on any acid restored dates. No thank you. There are plenty with dates for me to buy. If they cost more so be it. I will just save up longer.
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Valued Member
United States
128 Posts |
You probably wont find any 1918 over 1917s it will just restore to the original strike date 1917. The 1918 has been worn away forever I would think.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2600 Posts |
Jim, I wanted to make sure I could find this fairly easily in the future. By responding to it I have placed it into my archive. I just state "capture" and try not to interfere with the tread anymore than necessary since I have nothing to add.
Jim
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2177 Posts |
Jim, you're a riot!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2602 Posts |
I do think some of the mega Buffalo nickel keys are worth money for even restored dates. 13S T2 restored dates are selling for $30-50 on ebay. The other restored date keys have only a small market- even 13D, 14D, 14S are only selling for maybe $5-10-so you could fill that gaping hole in your collection very cheaply if you don't wish to break the bank. If you got just 2 or 3 13S T2 in a 500 coin lot, you'd probably pay for the entire lot by selling those (if you don't wish to keep them). And yes, you can get an 18/17 D restored date; they are selling on EBAY- I have gotten one. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1106 Posts |
Can someone show a before and after photo?
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